Toy bank



(No Model.) w u A R. A. REUL.

TOY BANK.

NTTED STATES PATENT einen.

RICHARD ALVIN BREUL, `OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

TOY BANK'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,848, dated July 4, 1893.

Application tiled January 6, 1893. Serial No. 457.514.. (No model.)

.To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that l, RICHARD ALVIN Benen,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Banks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speci- Iication, and in which- Figure lis a perspective View of my toy savings bank. Fig. Z'is a transverse sectional view of the same, on a vertical plane. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view online :Jr-a: in Fig. 2. Fig. l is an elevation of one of the end pieces, showing the fastening lugs for the attachment of the roof or cover. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the under side of the bank; and Fig. G is a longitudinal sectional view on line y-y in Fig. 5.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the igures.

This invention relates to toy savings banks, and has for its object to construct such a device from sheetmetal in a simple and inexpensive manner, yet so that it shall be both strong and durable.

To this end my invention consists in the detailed construction and combination of parts of the toy bank or money receptacle which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

My improved toy bank consists of an outer box or casing, in the similitude of a house or cottage, with or Without interior partitions the interior partitions being employed when the bank is to be used with a coin-separating device. rIhis outside box or casing consists of a rectangular base or bottoni A, having turned-up parallel side-flanges, B l, and having also slots, C (3, forming means of fastening for the inside partitions, D, where these are used, and for the end pieces F. E. The latter, which are cut or stamped from shectmetal, have straight parallel sides F F, corresponding to the front and back Walls ot' the building or cottage simulated in the bank, and sloping top sides, (l. and Il, at an angle corresponding to the'pitch or angle of the root' or cover, shown at l. The latter is formed by bending a square or rectangular plate ot sheet-metal ot the proper size longitudinally, so as to form the ridge, J; said roof-plate l being bent to such an angle that it will lit over and upon the sloping sides of the endpieces or gablesl E. The root or cover I is also provided with slots C C', for theattachnient ofthe end-pieces or gables F. and the interior partitions D, Where such are used. The end pieces E, as Well as the partitions D (which are the same size and shape as the ends) are fastened to' and upon the base or ottom A and the roof orcover I by means of lugs or ears, K, integral With said ends and partitions, and of such size and shape that they may be inserted into the bottom slots C and roof slots C. After they have been so inserted, they are bent at right angles, as shown in Figs. l and 6, which prevents their withdrawal and forms a substantial Ahastening by which the base A, ends E E, partitions D (when used) and toppart or roof I are firmly connected and united.

The front side of the box or structure is formed by a slide, L, which may be locked in place by means of a small lock Z attached to one of the ends; and the rear side or wall isv formed by a plate of glass, M, held in place in1- movably between the hanged base, the slanting roof, and the side flanges c on the end pieces E. This permits ot the easy and convenient inspection of the contents ofthe bank Withoutopening it.

To remove thccontents, the sliding trontl. is unlocked and slid to one side, when the contents of the bank may readily be shaken out.

The inside partitions D may be dispensed with; but, when used, they not only serve to greatly strengthen the structure as a Whole, but they form interior compartments or receptaclcs which may be used in connection with a coin-separating device for the purpose of separating automatically the coins deposited in the bank into separate com partinents,-all coins bei ng deposited in the bank through a narrow slot N, cut in the roof or cover I, and communicating witha chute C, which forms the coin depositor and separator.

Having thus described my invention, l.

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claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent der side of the slanting roof, substantially as lo of the United Statesand for the purpose shown and set forth.

' In a sl1eet-metal toy-bank or money reeep- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as taele of the described type, the combination my own I have hereunto axed my signature of the flanged and slotted base, end-pieces E in presence of two Witnesses.

E having lugs'K, and beni; rooi` I having slots RICHARD ALVIN BREUL. to receive and interlock with the lugs K; said Witnesses:

roof or roof-plate I havinga slotNin its ridge ARTHUR W. CLANDER,

or apex .I and a chute, O, parallel to the un- CHARLES A. BREUL. 

